RJ05 Reflective Journal Entry 5- Due Sunday, April 3, 2011
As I observe some of you teach, I see several clever uses of technology. How do you see information technology influencing your teaching? Have you used technology to engage, inform, or increase students research or critical thinking skills? How does it help? How does it hinder? Describe some ways that you have incorporated tech into your teaching, and how you see yourself using these tools when you have your own classroom.
All of the science classrooms at CHS are equipped with SmartBoards, which are phenomenal educational resources. It allows me to project a Powerpoint and add writing to that Powerpoint by drawing on the screen. This is great for the students because they see me do out the problem or the steps for a certain concept and not just the finished product. The students can also come up to the SmartBoard and write their work or answers so that their peers see their thought process. So, the Powerpoint informs the students with the notes they take, and it engages them because they get to come up and draw on it. The SmartBoard also projects helpful videos I have found online, which enhances the lesson because the students have another source of information. There are great simulations for all contents on these SmartBoards, although they seem to not be working in my classroom, that could supplement the concepts we teach. The only way I see the SmartBoard hindering the students' in their education, is that they get bored easily by Powerpoints. Since the SmartBoard is a great tool for projecting powerpoints, it is difficult to get away from using it as just a projector.
In my upcoming lessons, I will be using a temperature probe that links to the computers in my Chemistry classroom. We will use these probes during chemical reactions in which temperature changes are drastic. The computer will collect the data and plot it in a readable graph so that the students can analyze and conclude what happened during the reaction. This will be a great use of technology and a great experience for the students because they will actually be handling the equipment and gaining knowledge from using it.
I hope to have a SmartBoard when I have my own classroom because it is a very user-friendly technology and offers an incorporation of many different learning styles. A regular whiteboard doesn't have simulations, can't display pictures from the internet, or play quick demo videos. The students also really enjoy going up to the SmartBoard and using its "smartness" in various ways to enhance their learning.
RJ05 Reflective Journal Entry 5- Due Sunday, April 3, 2011
As I observe some of you teach, I see several clever uses of technology. How do you see information technology influencing your teaching? Have you used technology to engage, inform, or increase students research or critical thinking skills? How does it help? How does it hinder? Describe some ways that you have incorporated tech into your teaching, and how you see yourself using these tools when you have your own classroom.
All of the science classrooms at CHS are equipped with SmartBoards, which are phenomenal educational resources. It allows me to project a Powerpoint and add writing to that Powerpoint by drawing on the screen. This is great for the students because they see me do out the problem or the steps for a certain concept and not just the finished product. The students can also come up to the SmartBoard and write their work or answers so that their peers see their thought process. So, the Powerpoint informs the students with the notes they take, and it engages them because they get to come up and draw on it. The SmartBoard also projects helpful videos I have found online, which enhances the lesson because the students have another source of information. There are great simulations for all contents on these SmartBoards, although they seem to not be working in my classroom, that could supplement the concepts we teach. The only way I see the SmartBoard hindering the students' in their education, is that they get bored easily by Powerpoints. Since the SmartBoard is a great tool for projecting powerpoints, it is difficult to get away from using it as just a projector.
In my upcoming lessons, I will be using a temperature probe that links to the computers in my Chemistry classroom. We will use these probes during chemical reactions in which temperature changes are drastic. The computer will collect the data and plot it in a readable graph so that the students can analyze and conclude what happened during the reaction. This will be a great use of technology and a great experience for the students because they will actually be handling the equipment and gaining knowledge from using it.
I hope to have a SmartBoard when I have my own classroom because it is a very user-friendly technology and offers an incorporation of many different learning styles. A regular whiteboard doesn't have simulations, can't display pictures from the internet, or play quick demo videos. The students also really enjoy going up to the SmartBoard and using its "smartness" in various ways to enhance their learning.